Weather in Cusco in November

A good month. November is a solid month to be in Cusco. Highs average 18.4 °C, lows 6.9 °C, and rain falls on 12 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 8 of 12 in Cusco: past the worst of the year but short of August, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 12 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average November reaches 30 °C. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 23.6 °C and the coldest night fell to 4.3 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 117 mm — roughly 163% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 16 mm in the driest year against 225 mm in the wettest, around an average of 72 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 6.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 76%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 18.4 °C in October, 18.4 here, 17.5 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain is the thing that moves: December brings 9 days more of it, so the earlier half of a flexible trip is the safer half.

Daylight in November

Cusco sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 12.7 hours in November, against a range of just 1.6 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 13.5 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights. At 3312 m, altitude is doing as much work here as latitude: thinner air means fierce sun by day and heat that leaves the moment it sets.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Cusco versus nearby

If Cusco is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Arequipa is a better bet in November — 8.3 °C warmer, 11 days less rain. Lima is a better bet in November — 10.4 °C warmer, 12 days less rain.

So: November works, with August the better month by 18 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Cusco

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